Date:         Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:30:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: off to Yellowstone! And we're back...
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What a very relaxing trip.  We played tourist for a few days, canoed a
bit, shot 6 rolls of film, and relaxed.  The bus ran great until i lost
all power and was billowing smoke on some backroad in the middle of
nowhere Montana... To make a 200 mile story short, once i cut the oxygen
sensor wire, it ran pretty good (18 mpg). After 500 miles of driving like
that (and looking for any auto parts place in little backwoods towns) we
found and installed an oxygen sensor and got just under 24 mpg (!!!!!!!!)
for the rest of the trip :-) And that is with a canoe on the roof!

Email me for details...
Matthew

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356



On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Matthew Pollard wrote:

> well, we are rolling out in the morning for a week of, well, nothing.  We
> are heading across on hwy 90 to the northern entrance of yellowstone.  I
> gotta be back at work on the 6th... that gives us 10 days.
>
> We drive an 84 metallic blue vanagon w/ bra on front and aluminum canoe on
> top.  Allows too.
>
> Cheers!
> Matthew
>
> Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
> Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
> University of Idaho
> www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
>